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Genotypes of varicella-zoster virus wild-type strains in Germany.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jun 2008
Sauerbrei A, Zell R, Philipps A, Wutzler P
Abstract excerpt
Surveillance of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) genotypes is indicated in Germany after implementation of universal varicella vaccination. This article reports genotyping data of 77 VZV strains obtained from 54 patients with varicella, 1 newborn with congenital varicella syndrome, 2 fetuses with intrauterine VZV infection and 20 cases with zoster. Fragments of the open reading frames (ORF) 1, 21, 22, 37, 50, 54, and...
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